The Hex as been up only a few days. I have to say, I am like a kid with a new toy! At 30 feet...worked VK9,multiple Russians, west Africa, Argentina,Norway,...
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Bill Metzger
bill63021
Aug 2, 2005 2:55 am
What you are describing appears to be a characteristic of the Hexbeam. If you can hear a station (even barely) they appear to hear you much stronger. I've...
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mga620000
Aug 2, 2005 3:22 am
Has anyone played with their 5-bander on the high frequencies? I have a Traffie five band, and was experiencing some problems with one of my radios. I pulled...
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mlflotus@...
mlflotus
Aug 2, 2005 3:22 am
I have 210 countries at 18 feet Mike WA9BTE [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jason Hissong
jhissong
Aug 2, 2005 12:04 pm
I used my Hexbeam to contact stations on 6 meters. I even worked Aurora with it. I was using an IC746 with its internal tuner. A very versatile antenna. 73,...
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Charlie
fishurman
Aug 9, 2005 4:27 am
Hello - I am building a 20/17 meter hex beam and wonder what the spacing between the driven and reflective elements should be for each band. No problems with...
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dl7io
Aug 9, 2005 8:20 am
Hello Charlie, usually we have center posts of about 4 cm diameter (about 1.5 inch). If the feeding system is installed inside the center post the elements ...
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Giancarlo Moda
i7swx
Aug 9, 2005 3:27 pm
Hi, I have the intention to build a 5 bands Hex Beam, 10 to 20 meters including WARCs. I will use electric wire (multicore) used for electric installations in...
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dl7io
Aug 9, 2005 8:13 pm
Hello Gian, I have copper wire without pvc or whatever skin if you like. You also can get a prepared set of wires if you like. Details are on: ...
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miaidea2001
Aug 10, 2005 5:20 pm
Vai Giancarlo, che passata l'estate la faccio anche io. 73 de IK6GQC Rocco ... From: Giancarlo Moda To: hex-beam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 09,...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 13, 2005 2:37 pm
Hi All, I thought i`d to share my experience of my 5 band hexbeam construction as you deserve all the credit for making it possible :) It`s not completed yet...
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ownsyar
Aug 14, 2005 12:10 am
Hi, Colin's (M3XBM)Hexbeam is looking good! I think the idea of mounting the rotor upside down seems a good solution to the mast/beam intersection. I also...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 14, 2005 12:43 am
Hi Allen Thanks for the kind words. The rotator solution was more of a necessity than anything else...i sold my crank up tower a while ago but kept the...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 14, 2005 1:22 pm
Just to confirm the hexbeam needed no tuning as far as swr is concerned. I hooked the feed to the 20m bolts and ran the coax down the post between the cold...
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w4wb
Aug 14, 2005 1:32 pm
NIce work Colin. As you raise the antenna from a very low height, the resonance freq will rise. For example, with my Hex-Beam at 1-1/2 m, the 20 m resonance...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 14, 2005 2:01 pm
Hi Barry Thanks for the info, it sounds perfect as the 20m element is only about 5ft off the ground. I added 4" of wire to each half element measurement (which...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 14, 2005 2:31 pm
I just checked to see what happens on 6m here are those results: 52.000 2.0 52.100 1.9 52.200 1.5 52.300 1.5 52.500 1.0 52.600 1.0 52.700 1.0 ...
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w5ckp@...
w5ckp
Aug 14, 2005 9:48 pm
Hi Barry, I have built a 20 m. hex beam, with plans to add 4 more bands as I get more confident with my efforts. Two questions;1) Is it important to have...
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w4wb
Aug 15, 2005 2:02 am
Hi David, It is best to have the wires taunt. They should also be in the same plane ... driven and reflector. Once you get the wires located correctly, the...
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Darren GØTSM
darreng0tsm
Aug 15, 2005 3:46 pm
Yes, nearly identical, SWR about 3:1 at 50.100, however, I had two main lobes +/- 45deg with a null at 0 deg. No real disadvantage for sporadic E since you...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 15, 2005 4:17 pm
Hi Darren Its good to compare results,it reassures me i got it right ;) I finally got the rotor on it today and it stands dominating my garden at the dizzy...
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Dave
dsimmons1999
Aug 15, 2005 5:02 pm
I just purchased EZNEC and was wondering if anyone had a model for a 5 band, 20-10m hex style beam. I browsed the files section a bit yesterday but couldn't...
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n9iww@...
kevinadam
Aug 15, 2005 5:40 pm
yes go to DL7IO File Section in yahoo group he has it there N9IWW or go to www.dl7io.de on his site there is the file you want...
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n9iww@...
kevinadam
Aug 15, 2005 9:43 pm
Here is the program to run this file sorry i can't find just exactly what you want 20-10 but there is 20-12 on on Dl7Io site. N9IWW Here is the program for the...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 15, 2005 10:01 pm
Well i`ll say it`s working pretty good.. With the hexbeam at just 3.4m (11ft)to the 20m element WX2F(Lew)in Long Island gave me a nice 58 report..not too bad...
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bigyagi
Aug 16, 2005 3:49 am
i built a mono-bander, and was very impressed with it, as far as f/b gain, and band-width. i'm now looking at building a four band antenna, 10/12/15/17m. what...
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w4wb
Aug 21, 2005 5:00 am
Folks, It is not looking good for hearing P5/KA2HTV on the air. Dave has to return (last we knew anyway) on the evening of the 23rd. He took quite a bit of...
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Colin
DJCOL1
Aug 21, 2005 6:48 pm
Hi Barry Thanks for the info. I noticed Dave`s call on the dxcluster (maybe yesterday or perhaps the day before) but could not confirm if it was real or not. ...
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Tom King
tommignon
Aug 22, 2005 5:16 am
I know that people have used PVC before, But what kind of PVC? Was it the Schedule 40 Ridged electrical Conduit? I was thinking of trying that. using 1" ID ...
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w4wb
Aug 25, 2005 4:40 am
Folks, Our group now has 1300 regular members and about 300 bouncing members for a total of almost 1600! When this group was started, there were still a number...
